Rosh Hashanah

Words: Charlie MonaghanIllustrations: Gail Gosschalk
A holiday guided by the farming calendar, with the sharing of bread and seasonal food at its heart? Rosh Hashana is our sort of holiday. Here, Ronit Vered, Israeli food researcher and journalist for the newspaper Haaretz, talks us through what’s on the festive table, and what it all means… 
For years we have been baking special breads and cakes at the beginning of autumn for the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah –